Seedance
by ByteDance
At a glance
Video generation model family from ByteDance supporting multi-shot text- and image-to-video with cinematic motion.
text-to-video image-to-video multi-shot
- Licence
- Not recorded
- Category
- Video Generation
- Business model
- Paid
- Availability
- Global
- Launched
- 2025-06
Overview
Seedance is ByteDance's video generation model family, supporting text-to-video and image-to-video with native multi-shot storytelling and cinematic motion. It has ranked at the top of public video-generation leaderboards and powers video features in ByteDance products. Access is commercial, through ByteDance apps and the Volcano Engine API.
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Key features
- Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- Native multi-shot sequences with consistent subjects
- Cinematic camera motion and stable physics
- API access via Volcano Engine and partner platforms
Use cases
- Short-form video ads and social content
- Storyboarding multi-shot narratives from prompts
- Animating product imagery into motion
Pricing
Seedance is a commercial model priced per generation through the Volcano Engine API; consumer access appears inside ByteDance apps with quotas.
Record details
Provenance, dates and links are kept here so the main sections stay about the product itself.
Links, dates and provenance
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- CN
- Canonical URL
- https://globalaiproductindex.com/products/seedance/
Selection profile
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- Tasks it fits
- Video generation
Derived from the record: category "video-generation".
Suggest a correction - How you use it
- Web app
Hosted product with no desktop/CLI tag in the record; assumed web-delivered.
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- Web
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Suggest a correction - Where it runs
- Vendor cloud
Vendor-hosted product; no self-hosted option is recorded.
Suggest a correction - Works offline
- Not recorded
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Suggest a correction - Official service region
- Global
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Suggest a correction - Public API
- Yes
The record mentions an API surface.
Suggest a correction - Licence
- proprietary
Commercial product; no source licence is published in the record.
Suggest a correction - Commercial use
- Not recorded
Commercial product; the terms reviewed here do not state a non-commercial restriction, but that was not verified.
Suggest a correction - Interface languages
- Not recorded
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- Subscription Free allowance: No Subscription required: Yes
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Where each value comes from
- Tasks it fits
- Our inference
- How you use it
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- Runs on
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- Where it runs
- Our inference
- Works offline
- Our inference
- Official service region
- Our inference
- Public API
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- Licence
- Our inference
- Commercial use
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- Interface languages
- Unknown
Frequently asked questions
What is Seedance?
Seedance is ByteDance's video generation model family, supporting multi-shot text- and image-to-video with cinematic motion.
How do I access Seedance?
Seedance is available via the Volcano Engine API, partner platforms, and video features inside ByteDance apps.
What distinguishes Seedance?
Seedance is known for native multi-shot storytelling with consistent subjects and top rankings on video-generation leaderboards.
What does Seedance not record?
Its record shows no confirmable pricing page and no public documentation page on the vendor site, and the licence terms are not established.
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- Moonvalley — AI video company whose Marey model is trained only on licensed footage and aimed at professional film production.
- Veo — Google DeepMind's text-to-video model that generates high-definition clips with native audio, available via Gemini and Vertex AI.
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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.
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